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Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite
UCC has paid huge sums to a criminal professor
This story is not for republication. I bear responsibility for the things I write. I have read the guidelines and understand that I must not write anything untrue, and I won't.
This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
Socratic Dialog Between ChatGPT-5 and Mind Agent Reveals Fatal and Deliberate 'Design by Construction' Flaw
This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!

This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".

According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.

People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent
Evaluating Semantic Reasoning Capability of AI Chatbot on Ontologically Deep Abstract (bias neutral) Thought
I have been evaluating AI Chatbot agents for their epistemic limits over the past two months, and have tested all major AI Agents, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Perplexity, and DeepSeek, for their epistemic limits and their negative impact as information gate-keepers.... Today I decided to test for how AI could be the boon for humanity in other positive areas, such as in completely abstract realms, such as metaphysical thought. Meaning, I wanted to test the LLMs for Positives beyond what most researchers benchmark these for, or have expressed in the approx. 2500 Turing tests in Humanity?s Last Exam.. And I chose as my first candidate, Google DeepMind's Gemini as I had not evaluated it before on anything.

offsite link Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
We have all known it for over 2 years that it is a genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza

Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support

With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza

offsite link China?s CITY WIDE CASH SEIZURES Begin ? ATMs Frozen, Digital Yuan FORCED Overnight Wed Jul 30, 2025 21:40 | 1 of indy
This story is unverified but it is very instructive of what will happen when cash is removed
THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty

A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed.

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national / history and heritage / event notice Wednesday May 21, 2008 11:24 by labour history buff   text 8 comments (last - thursday may 22, 2008 18:29)   image 2 images
A new collection of essays on Irish labour history - edited by Francis Devine, Fintan Lane and Niamh Puirseil - will be launched Liberty Hall, Dublin, tonight. The event, which will be addressed by Des Geraghy, is open to all with an interest in labour history.

The reception takes place at 7pm, Weds, 21 May (i.e. tonight) in Liberty Hall.

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sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 21, 2008 11:18 by Kerry researcher   text 1 comment (last - friday may 23, 2008 01:11)
A woman who threatened a sit-in until she was given a hospital bed for a vital cancer operation died yesterday. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Wednesday May 21, 2008 10:40 by Laura Broxson
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday May 20, 2008 19:28 by GH   text 6 comments (last - friday may 23, 2008 21:33)
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international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday May 20, 2008 18:42 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 21, 2008 18:29)
Amnesty has once more taken up the cases of women activists who have been persecuted in Iran., some of them were beaten whilst in custody. Others have now been sentenced to flogging. Their only crime is to campaign for womens rights. Full text at link.

Amnesty International has written to the Head of the Judiciary in Iran, urging him to ensure that appeals hearings against the convictions and sentences of six women’s rights defenders (WRDs) passed in recent weeks in connection with their peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression and association are heard promptly and impartially. If the sentences are confirmed at appeal, the organization is calling on the Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, to review the cases and to overturn the convictions of the women, all of whom will become prisoners of conscience if imprisoned.
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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday May 20, 2008 18:33 by Sean Matthews
While the rest of us are slaving away to make end’s meat and facing the brunt of the ‘credit crunch’

We are continually told by our political rulers to be ‘competitive’ for the bosses waiting for the promised ‘trickle-down effect’ that never arrives. Staggering rises in energy prices above the rate of inflation, imposition of un-wanted water charges while hundreds of people die every year due to ‘fuel poverty’ it seems the North elite rich club have never had it so good according to the latest Sunday Times rich list. There is now a record of 61 people from the north among Ireland’s richest 250 and they are getting richer! Last year their wealth increased to a combined £10.7 billion! On top of the list like every year is Fermanagh’s Sean Quinn worth about £3.7 billion, who does allot of dealing in insurance and property market. Alright for some eh? read full story / add a comment
national / eu / event notice Tuesday May 20, 2008 17:57 by MichaelY -   text 13 comments (last - thursday may 22, 2008 12:47)   image 9 images
Affiliates to the Campaign Against the EU Constitution:

Communist Party of Ireland
Community & Workers Action Group, Crumlin
éirígí
Irish Anti-War Movement
Irish Republican Socialist Party
Irish Socialist Network
Peace and Neutrality Alliance
People Before Profit Alliance
People's Movement
Sinn Fein
Socialist Party
Socialist Workers Party
Workers Party read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday May 20, 2008 17:28 by Peter Sullivan   text 2 comments (last - wednesday may 21, 2008 09:41)   1 attached file
Doctors For Choice was set up in 2002 by doctors, mainly GPs, who want to contribute to ending the silence around abortion in Ireland. In a new article, published in the current (May) edition of Forum magazine (a publication for GPs in Ireland), a member of Doctors For Choice looks at the issue of silence around abortion and general practice in Ireland today. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday May 20, 2008 16:45 by Sara   text 5 comments (last - friday may 30, 2008 03:14)   1 attached file
Bus to Belfast on May 27th!!!

For further info: www.raytheon9.org and www.irishantiwar.org for updates on the buses
For information on the buses and/or to book your ticket
call 087 2886646

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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday May 20, 2008 14:14 by Kieran O'Sullivan   text 12 comments (last - tuesday july 08, 2008 14:04)   image 1 image
Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Lebanon, US…
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday May 20, 2008 14:08 by Kieran O'Sullivan
Say No To War & To Lisbon Public meeting.
The Lisbon Treaty Neutrality And EU Militarisation read full story / add a comment
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday May 20, 2008 12:31 by justice delayed   text 6 comments (last - thursday may 22, 2008 20:32)   image 1 image
This morning in Castlebar, the judge in the case involving three local fishermen who were appealing against prison sentences imposed on them, suddenly announced that he was excusing himself from making a judgment.

Judge Rory McCabe told the court that he has a personal conflict in dealing with the case and would not be able to hear it. He declined to say what the nature of this conflict is. He said he would try to make alternative arrangements for another judge to hear the case later this week. The judge in the original case, Mary Devins has been criticised because she insists she has no conflict in hearing case relating to the government backed-Shell scheme even though she is married to a Fianna Fail minister, Jimmy Devins. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday May 20, 2008 09:15 by Anti Fascist
The excellent exhibition of photographs of veterans of the SCW by Pablo Vazqaez Borragan, with extensive biographical information on each veteran by Harry Owens, continues its tour. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / news report Monday May 19, 2008 22:35 by NARC   text 5 comments (last - saturday may 24, 2008 14:50)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Ógra Shinn Féin publicly launched a short film ‘Drugs – A Community Struggle!’ at their youth forum on drugs last Saturday 17 May in the Teacher’s Club, Dublin .

The short film outlines the youth movement’s NARC (Not Another Ravaged Community) campaign which is working to increase drug and alcohol awareness and tackle the negative effects that they have on our youth and communities.

The film outlines the problems associated with drink and drugs, the underlying reasons behind these problems, and identifies solutions on how we can collectively begin to tackle the drug epidemic.

The republican youth movement have uploaded the film to YouTube and Bebo in order to engage a wider audience.

You can view it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVzsjyDQePk
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waterford / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday May 19, 2008 20:11 by Adam Bolger   text 4 comments (last - thursday may 22, 2008 16:47)
my opinions on school, propaganda, and my philosophy's read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday May 19, 2008 19:10 by Ronan   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 04, 2008 13:03)
Event: Opening run of new play: 'Our National Games' by Gerard Humphreys

Date: Wednesday 4th June 08

Time: 8pm

Where: Axis theatre, Ballymun, Dublin

Tickets: €15 / €12

The Axis Theatre has kindly donated the proceeds from the Wednesday 4th of June showing of their new play, ‘Our National Games’ to the IPSC.
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mayo / environment / press release Monday May 19, 2008 15:53 by Mark C   text 7 comments (last - tuesday may 20, 2008 10:34)   audio 1 audio file
Fishermen's Fight for Freedom Continues in Court Battle on Day of Shell AGM

(Rossport, County Mayo, Ireland) Three Rossport fishermen who were battered by Garda during a peaceful march in full view of witnesses and independent cameramen will have their appeal heard in court in Castelbar, Tuesday May 20, 2008. Local priests and an International delegation have joined in support of the men and the local resistance to the Shell pipeline and refinery. On the same date, May 20th, neighbors of Shell will protest at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in both London and Holland.

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international / crime and justice / other press Monday May 19, 2008 15:03 by tomeile   text 17 comments (last - saturday may 24, 2008 12:13)
Iran has broken up a network of CIA backed spies and saboteurs .The Iranian authorities believe that the group was behind the bombing of the religious centre in Shiraz last month which killed thirteen people.

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dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday May 19, 2008 13:33 by Cathy Burke
Sli Eile Midsummer Madness
presents
Ballymun Gospel Choir and Band
in Concert
(in aid of Dublin Simon Community’s work to end homelessness)
St. Ann’s Church,
Dawson Street, Dublin 1
Saturday 14 June 2008 at 8.00pm

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